Ezekiel 21:22:4Ezek.21.22.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:27

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם

yerushalayim

Jerusalem

Transliteration
ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Extended
yeh-roo-shah-LA-yim
IPA
/hakˈkɛsɛm/

Meaning by language

English
Jerusalem

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יְ + רוּ + שָׁ + לַ + ִ֗ם
ye + ru + sha + la + yim
yerushalayim

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

  3. clause

    bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A

  4. sentence

    bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A la-SUM ka-RIM al-she-a-RIM lish-POKH sol-le-LA liv-NOT da-YEK

Exegesis

Hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘was’ introduces ha-qesem {הַקֶּסֶם | ha-qe-sem} ‘the divination,’ whose object yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם | yə-rû-ša-láyim} ‘Jerusalem’ marks the target. A coordinated series of preposition + infinitive constructs (lasum, liftoach, leharim, lasim, lispol, livnot) outlines siege actions as nominal commands.

In contextEzekiel 21:22

And in his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter , to lift up the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a mound, and to build a siege wall .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:22, so the Hebrew word יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yerushalayim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.22.W4.S1) and character.